A police force could face a hefty payout after a star recruit was rejected because he was a straight, white man.Matthew Furlong, 25, whose father is a serving detective inspector in Cheshire Police, had hoped to follow in his footsteps when he applied to join the force in 2017.

Matthew Furlong, 25, wanted to follow in his father apos;s footsteps at Cheshire Police but now the force has become the first organisation in the UK to be found guilty of using positive action to discriminate.

Cheshire Police rejected a potential star recruit because he was a white heterosexual male, a tribunal has heard.Matthew Furlong, 25, whose father is a serving detective inspector in the force, had hoped to follow in his footsteps when he applied to join the force in 2017.

Young people in the county at risk of substance misuse, truancy, worklessness, criminal activity and other unhealthy lifestyles have shown a massive improvement in behaviour thanks to a grant of pound;40,000 from Cheshire Freemasons to Acorn Recovery Projects.Acorn Recovery Projects runs the Right Start Programme, which has been developed to help combat the challenges faced by vulnerable young people in making the transition from teenager to young adult.

Darren McKie, 43, who worked for Greater Manchester Police, was told he must serve a minimum of 19 years for the killing of wife Leanne.McKie throttled his partner in their Poynton Lake home, Cheshire, on September 29 last year before going about disposing of the body.

NHS chiefs say oral sex is behind a sharp rise in young people with mouth cancer.Figures show more people are suffering from mouth and throat cancers in Merseyside and Cheshire than the rest of the country.

The Sergeant husband of a police detective found dead in a lake yesterday, has allegedly been arrested on suspicion of her murder.The body of Leanne McKie, 39, a serving officer with Greater Manchester Police, was found at Poynton Lake in Cheshire at around 3.45am.

The beautician branded the Everton striker a d ckhead and a rat ” as it emerged he had kissed and hugged ” a woman before being caught allegedly drink driving with her in the car.Laura Simpson, 29, yesterday claimed she and boozed up Rooney wanted to be away from prying eyes ” after a kiss and a hug ” in a Cheshire club.

Everton manager Koeman did look into Rooney's off field habits, and underlined his expectations about lifestyle and behaving as a role model, before sanctioning a deal to bring the forward back to Everton from Manchester United.He is understood to feel let down by Rooney's arrest by Cheshire police in the early hours of Friday. He had told the 31 year old forward that, despite his status, there are no exceptions to his rules.

Two men have died after a crane collapsed on a construction site in Crewe , police have confirmed. Another man, believed to be the crane driver, was taken to Royal Stoke Hospital with serious injuries, which Cheshire Police said were not thought to be life threatening.

Mia Ayliffe Chung, 21, from Belper in Derbyshire, was stabbed to death on Tuesday night at the hostel where she was staying while working on a farm near Townsville, Queensland.Tom Jackson, 30, from Cheshire, was critically injured after being stabbed in the face while coming to her aid.

Real Housewives Of Cheshire star Dawn Ward has been found guilty of assaulting pop singer Sinitta.Ward, 43, who is married to former footballer Ashley Ward, was found guilty of one count of common assault after a two day hearing at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Gloucestershire based specialist cookware company Procook, which has a shop on the McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, posted an increase of 14% in like for like store sales and an increase in online sales of 26% between October and December, traditionally its biggest trading quarter.The results are said to be even more impressive given a recent national survey which reported an increase in non food sales for the same period of just 0.6%. The quarter includes the Black Friday, Christmas and the post Christmas sale periods.

Since 2013 there have been 13 reports of sightings in the local area, which described hovering in the sky with red and green lights in Kirkby , an object flying in the sky with lots of red, green, pink and purple lights on it in central Liverpool, and a strange green light behind bushes in a field in the Wirral.Dozens of reports are received by police across the UK every year but the North West seems to be the hub of unexplained activity, with Greater Manchester and Cheshire also receiving a high number of reports. Experts say sightings are more likely in cities, contradicting stereotypical conceptions of supernatural events happening in the wilderness.

Since 2013 there have been 13 reports of sightings in the local area, which described hovering in the sky with red and green lights in Kirkby , an object flying in the sky with lots of red, green, pink and purple lights on it in central Liverpool, and a strange green light behind bushes in a field in the Wirral.Dozens of reports are received by police across the UK every year but the North West seems to be the hub of unexplained activity, with Greater Manchester and Cheshire also receiving a high number of reports. Experts say sightings are more likely in cities, contradicting stereotypical conceptions of supernatural events happening in the wilderness.